Controversy over depiction of Lord Jagannath delays issue of commemorative coins on occasion of Nabakalebara“The design hardly looks like Lord Jagannath,” Shaktikanta Das, secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, communicated to the culture mini...
16 Jan, 2016, 04.32 AM IST
CIOs yet to be hired in 10 line ministries for Digital India pushA key pillar of PM Modi’s Digital India programme – appointment of chief information officers (CIO) in ten line ministries — is in limbo.
10 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Draft encryption policy: Frequent changes in key positions & talent crunch in DeitY led to the debacleAnother set of officials alleged that the junior officer did not seek the advice of higher-ups before making the policy public.
24 Sep, 2015, 05.35 AM IST
Sanjiv Mittal appointed as Joint Secretary e-governance in department of electronics and ITThe government has appointed Sanjiv Kumar Mittal, as joint secretary in the department of electronics and information technology (DEITY).
03 Sep, 2015, 04.38 AM IST
DoT Secretary Rakesh Garg to hold additional charge of dept of electronics and ITGarg, a 1980 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, will hold the additional charge for three months, an order issued by Department of P...
08 Aug, 2015, 06.29 PM IST
DeitY appoints Tapan Ray as director general of National Informatics CentreThe Department of Electronics and Information Technology has appointed additional secretary Tapan Ray as the director general of the NIC.
18 Jun, 2015, 11.16 AM IST
Department of Electronics and Information and Technology to collaborate with Google for Internet safety campaign"Google and Cert-In are our partners in this effort and are committed to keeping our users safe and secure,” said MyGov CEO Gaurav Dwivedi.
26 Feb, 2015, 02.52 AM IST
Government may review Aakash tablet specificationsThe Aakash-IV tablet project was started by former Telecom and HRD Minister Kapil Sibal in the UPA govt with the objective of spreading edu...
23 Dec, 2014, 12.31 AM IST
Department of Electronics and IT seeks ideas to improve existing e-governance programmesThe government has decided to celebrate former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's birthday as Good Governance Day on December 25.
22 Dec, 2014, 11.25 PM IST
'Trying to resolve issue over linking Aadhaar with SIM cards'The Home Ministry had raised concerns over supporting documents submitted as proof of identity and proof of address for getting a Aadhaar n...
27 Oct, 2014, 01.46 PM IST
Biometric attendance for central government employees by month-end"BAS for central employees will be fully functional by the end of this month," DeitY Secretary Ram Sevak Sharma told PTI.
09 Oct, 2014, 08.34 PM IST
Government appoints RS Sharma new DEITY SecretarySharma held the position of director general and mission director of the unique identification authority of India between August 2009 and M...
29 Apr, 2014, 08.25 PM IST
Preferential Market Access for pvt sector in advanced stagesThe one concerning private sector procurements is going through inter-ministerial consultations and the discussion on it is in advanced sta...
22 Nov, 2013, 03.00 PM IST
Rs 1000-cr proposal for setting up mobile, electronics plantsTwo companies have moved separate proposals worth Rs 1,000 crore to the government for setting up plants for manufacturing of mobile phones.
21 Apr, 2013, 11.47 AM IST
- Violence in Assam: Government review panel approves blocking of 306 Twitter accounts
A high-level government review committee has given its stamp of approval on a decision to block 306 accounts being used on Twitter.
06 Feb, 2013, 06.45 PM IST
Govt to invest $200 mn in 4 years on cyber security infrastructureThe government today said that it will invest around USD 200 million in next four years to strengthen cyber security infrastructure.
30 Oct, 2012, 08.23 PM IST
- Kapil Sibal holds up hiring at Department of Electronics and IT, sets up committee
Sibal has directed the DeitY to set up a committee for ensuring a transparent hiring process & stopped recruitments until the system is sta...
17 May, 2012, 07.54 PM IST